Kankakee, IL | |||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 199 South East Avenue Kankakee, Illinois United States | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | City of Kankakee | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | CN Chicago Subdivision | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | River Valley Metro SHOW Bus (dial-a-ride) | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Regular stop (Illini/Saluki) Flag stop (City of New Orleans) | ||||||||||||||
Station code | Amtrak: KKI | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1898 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY 2023 | 13,944[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||
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Illinois Central Railroad Depot | |||||||||||||||
Location | Kankakee, Illinois, USA | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°7′9.48″N 87°51′56.16″W / 41.1193000°N 87.8656000°W | ||||||||||||||
Built | 1898 | ||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 00000409 | ||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | April 28, 2000 |
Kankakee station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. The station is a regular stop for the Illini and Saluki, and is a flag stop for the City of New Orleans, served only when passengers have tickets to and from the station. The present station was built by the Illinois Central Railroad in 1897.